#chapel of lights

[geraldofallon]

Fallen London Travel Guide:

Chapel of Lights

Furtive faithful gather in the shadows between the many, many candles. A bell tolls in the chapel tower: cracked iron laughter. Beware. The isle is full of voices.

[c-schroed]

Sunless Sea Lives Rent-Free in My Head, Part Six: The Chapel of Lights

Whenever I eat with ravenous hunger, I think of the Chapel.

Last week, I made a dinner in reference to the food of the Chapel. No shark-steak, of course; no need to eat endangered species for shits and giggles. Plus, vitello tonnato is marvellous, as well.

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[the-gilded-chronicles]

Sainte-Chappelle, Paris, France

Situated in the Ile-de-la-Cité, the Sainte-Chapelle is part of the Palais de la Cite, the residence of the royalty during the 10th to the 14th century.

It is one of the greatest examples of Gothic Architecture.

Built during 1242 and 1248, in accordance with the wishes of King Louis IX, it housed the collection of the relics of the Passion of Christ.

The 15 stained glass windows tell the story of mankind from Genesis to the Resurrection of Christ through 1.113 scenes.

The Rose Window above the entrance of the Upper Chapel depicts the Apocalypse of St. John.

Photo taken August 2024

[elkkiel]

Sleeptober day 20 — Weapon

pov: your bassist is on thin fucking ice (and he knows it)

[bebs-art-gallery]

The Cappella Sansevero, Naples, Italy ♡

[thewarmthofequallyreturnedlove]

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”

[spirk-trek]

star trek tos but every scene is a baroque painting

[ed13d1]

all of this and more

[ceruleanistic]

which could be nothing xx so nichee

[royalty-nobility]

The Marriage of Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, 26th November 1894

Artist: Laurits Regner Tuxen (Danish, 1853-1927)

Date: 1895-1896

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, United Kingdom

Description

The wedding between Nicholas II and Princess Alix of Hesse took place in the Imperial Chapel of the Winter Palace on 26 November 1894, just over twenty years after the marriage of the Tsar's aunt in the same chapel. The wedding was announced in April that year and was to take place on the Empress Marie Feodorovna's birthday. Tragically, Emperor Alexander III died of kidney disease on 1 November, and the court was thrown into mourning with the exception of the day of the marriage.

The royal couple stand, holding lighted candles, whilst the Metropolitan Archbishop of St Petersburg, Mgr Palladius, makes the sign of the cross before them. Ella, (Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna), writing to her grandmother, Queen Victoria, described her sister's dress as 'embroidered silver cloth Russian court dress & very pretty', helpfully including a sketch. She added that 'Alix being tall will look perfectly lovely'. She wears a kokoshnik tiara and a small diamond crown, beneath which is a wreath of orange blossom, her imperial gold-embroidered mantle is lined with ermine. The Tsar is dressed in the uniform of a Hussar. In the background George I, King of Greece stands to the left of Christian IX, King of Denmark, who looks towards his daughter, the Dowager Empress; the Princess of Wales, and the Queen of Greece. The Prince of Wales can be seen dressed in the uniform of Russian Dragoons to the right of the portrait.

[arc-hus]

Chapel in Miljana, Croatia - Álvaro Siza

[escapismsworld]

[01libra]

merton college, oxford

[blue-shy]

Lies Of P, St. Frangelico Cathedral Chapel

[useless-catalanfacts]

A priest preparing in the church of Santa Eulàlia de Casa Serra in the village of Lladorre (High Pyrenees, Catalonia).

This church was built in the 8th century and reformed in the 11th century, when it was turned into the little Romanesque building we can see today. The brightly-coloured retable at the end of the chapel's only absis, seen in the photo above, was added in the 17th century.

Photo by Ramon Oromí @sobreelterreny on Flickr.

[lilacsinthedooryard]

Mark Rothko ( 1903-1970)

Central triptych of the Rothko Chapel, 1966

 oil on canvas